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HORROR
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something that inspires horror; something horrible
Example:
the painting that others found so beautiful was a horror to him
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("horror" is a kind of...):
thing (an entity that is not named specifically)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Intense aversion
Synonyms:
horror; repugnance; repulsion; revulsion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("horror" is a kind of...):
disgust (strong feelings of dislike)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Intense and profound fear
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("horror" is a kind of...):
fear; fearfulness; fright (an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight))
Derivation:
horrify (fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised)
Context examples:
We looked with horror after the black carriage, lumbering upon its way.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
My wife and my sister will never recover from their horror.
(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)
The words came out in broken, strenuous speech, while the lady's fair face was writhed and drawn like that of one who looks upon a horror which strikes the words from her lips.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
My fears were all back upon me, and every nerve creeping with horror.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
She stared at him with horror in her eyes.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
That's the idea of Matemagos, a game designed for smartphones that combines magic with the subject considered the horror of students.
(Brazilian professor creates mobile game that combines fun with mathematics, Agência Brasil)
A man's voice screamed once in horror and anguish.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
You must know I have a vast dislike to puppies—quite a horror of them.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Astonished at the sight, I leaned forward to pick it off, when, to my horror, it burst between my finger and thumb, squirting blood in every direction.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
And are you prepared to encounter all the horrors that a building such as 'what one reads about' may produce?
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
